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To consolidate, disseminate, and gather information concerning the 710 expansion into our San Rafael neighborhood and into our surrounding neighborhoods. If you have an item that you would like posted on this blog, please e-mail the item to Peggy Drouet at pdrouet@earthlink.net

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

So How is Traffic on the Brand New, Wider 405 Freeway?

By Bianca Barragan, May 27, 2014

Calling all commuters: 405 Freeway's new northbound carpool lane debuts in full today

Jamzilla, Carmageddon, The Rampture, and millions of smaller, unnamed closures on the 405 over the last five years
were all leading up to this past Friday and the opening of the updated
and widened 405 Northbound, with a new carpool lane stretching all the
way from Orange County. So how is it?? The fruits of all those years of
construction—on the part of the freeway that's home to the third worst traffic corridor in the nation—received
both applause and eyerolls from users on opening day. The mayor,
checking out the section by the Getty Center around noon last Friday, told the LA Times it looked like "carvana," but not everyone was so pleased.

Comments:

The day the traffic "improvement" opens on the 405 is the day the traffic is worse than usual. And it's a Friday too.

All that work on the 405 was totally worth it. Freeway speeds now up to 20 mph.

More than a billion dollars to improve average freeway speeds.......5% max.
Well done, L.A.

If you think any infrastructure project will improve traffic in Los
Angeles, or anywhere with a traffic problem, you don't understand a lot
about urban living.

If there's too much traffic on the 405, it's because you're on it.

I sat in gridlock both north and south bound over sepulveda pass.
Carpool lanes slower than regular lanes. I posted a sea of tail lights
on my face book page and wondered if the whole thing was just a
political scam to line the pockets of developers. If traffic relief was
the goal, this was an absolute waste.